Damsel in Distress

So I’m driving home from work last night, it’s snowing pretty hard and I’m annoyed. I’m thinking about what it would be like to go through an entire winter with no snow. No salt, no ice. No accidents or sitting in traffic for days on end. I’m thinking that California sounds pretty good at this point. I’ll take the 103 degree days, the sushi and the “Dr. 90210” bodies. After all, I like sand and sun.

The icing on the cake, however, was hitting a minute chunk of ice, (roughly the size of a cantaloupe,) and just hearing my tire explode. My front left tire. Flat. Flatter than flat; and in about 6 seconds, impressive actually. So here I am, madder then mad, sitting on the side of the road for about 45 seconds before a man in shining armor, (or Carhartts,) pulls up. He happens to have a portable air compressor, all filled. My luck that day had taken a drastic change. His name was Matt and he was a mechanic. Thank you God.

He filled the tire with air and it was flat in about six seconds. The ice chunk had made about a quarter size hole in the outer tread. Without thinking twice he asked if I had a spare, which I did. So there he was, jacking up my truck in what seemed to be sub-zero temperatures, as I stood in my mittens, still shocked that someone stopped to help me. People still do things like that? He was a young man, married with a baby on the way; an absolute outstanding citizen in my book. I was so grateful, as was my husband. Triple A may have taken an hour and Matt had me up and going in about ten minutes. He even reminded me to move away from the road several times and to release the parking break.

I asked that he take money, but he strongly refused. He said that was not why he stopped and that it simply looked like I needed help. He was right. His care and compassion made me thankful for living in Western New York. The people in our area are genuine, true people, with heart and integrity. Heck, I now love snow and have nominated Matt for a
Nobel Peace Prize.

I’m just thankful that people like him are still around. So if you see a girl on the side of the road with a flat tire and her mascara running, stop. If there is a jerk driver in front of you, don’t beep. And if you ever need a mechanic, go to United 4 Wheel Drive, on Main St in Clarence and ask for Matt.

Quite the Show

Wednesday night was my very first car show. I went to represent our station, along with Jacquie Walker and Don Postles, and to support a tropical theme which was contrasted by an incredible ice storm and ten main roads closed. But to our Buffalo natives, that was no reason to stay home. Way to represent Buffalo, nicely done. We had a great turn-out and a really fantastic show.

Now like I said I had never been to a car show. I kind of had a Vanna White idea in my head with a bunch of rotating sports cars and a game show theme. I was (thankfully) way off. I thought I would stroll around and take in the sights. Upstairs there were all the American cars (Go Fords) and some brand new models of some really sharp vehicles. I could have imagined myself in about five of them. Then I went downstairs, which were the foreign and luxury cars... HELLO. I told my station that if they felt the need to buy me a gift as a "new employee welcome" that I could chose from the Jaguar, and Range Rover, the Mercedes, and the BMW that I liked. No problem. Narrowing down my choice would be no trouble for me and I also mentioned that pink is my number one color-choice for the ribbon on top of it.

I think I might just get a potted plant instead. They said a fern is far more earth-friendly than a 7 mile-to-the-gallon BMW convertible. I agree. But it'd be much easier for me to keep a BMW alive. I was born with a lead foot, not a green thumb.

Being the girl...

Being the CW23 girl is exciting and more fun than I ever imagined. The tasks I get to perform everyday range from shooting studio spots to looking over new edits and sometimes challanging my sports anchor to a game of H-O-R-S-E. Which we actually turned into a game of C-W-2-3 which is a fun new twist on an old game. OK, it's the same exact thing...carry on the trend? No? K, never mind.

But my point is, we are doing so many incredible things over the next couple of months. We're trying to involve our viewers as much a possible and our goal is to host a series of events that all of our viewers, at one point in time, would love to be a part of. Some sports, some music, some food and some fashion... and if you have any ideas of events you'd like to make a reality... please let me know! I'm dying to hear what you think and so get some feedback from our wonderful city.

Be sure to check out cw23.com every week. We're just starting to get it going full time and we're doing so many young & fun things that I think you'll love to be a part of.

Quick note... if you or any of your friends are part of a band... stay tuned. COOL COOL opportunities coming up!!!!

Happy Friday,

Lydia your CW23 Girl